Wound Interdisciplinary Teams (WIT): A Community- Based Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (WIT)
24 de octubre de 2013 actualizado por: Murray Krahn, University of Toronto
Wounds that are slow to heal (chronic) may be managed in different ways. In Ontario, care in the community for most of these is coordinated by the local Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). One or more health professionals might deliver treatment, individually or as part of a wound care team, with different members having different kinds of training (interdisciplinary team), which may or may not include wound care. Community treatment by interdisciplinary teams has been shown to be more effective and cost-effective for some long-standing health problems, but further scientific evidence is needed to determine if this is also true for chronic wounds.
This study compares the usual way chronic wounds are being managed in the community with a so-called "intermediate care" approach. In this study, intermediate care will involve health service providers following certain agreed-upon steps (evidence-based best practice) from first contact with the client through assessment, treatment, and on to referral to a hospital specialty wound care team, if needed.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
For certain types of chronic illness, planning case management and providing care according to evidence-based guidelines (published methods that have been supported scientifically) results in better clinical outcomes and better cost-effectiveness.
Wound management by interdisciplinary teams may have these advantages in both the community primary care setting and the hospital specialized care setting.
Systematic review of the literature indicated that the evidence was incomplete to support implementation of an intermediate care model for community management of chronic wounds.
Therefore, the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee recommended that a field evaluation be conducted to provide stronger evidence about the relative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and feasibility of managing chronic wounds in the community using both standardized, comprehensive primary care and a systematic method of referral to a specialty, multidisciplinary team based in a hospital
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
451
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
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Ubicaciones de estudio
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canadá, M5S 3M2
- THETA Collaborative
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
18 años y mayores (Adulto, Adulto Mayor)
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Todos
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult (>18 years of age) client with eligible wound type (not surgical, malignant or burns) referred to the Toronto Central CCAC for wound management.
- Client (or substitute decision maker) provides written, informed consent.
- Someone in client's home (or substitute decision maker) must be able to speak English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Surgical wounds
- Burns
- Malignant wounds
- Clients who are designated palliative on CCAC referral form
Plan de estudios
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¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Investigación de servicios de salud
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Único
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Sin intervención: Control Arm
Usual care is care as currently delivered to clients with chronic wounds in the community.
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Experimental: Intervention Arm
Systematic referral to MDWCT and comprehensive primary care: Intervention consists of systematic referral to MDWCT in conjunction with comprehensive primary care.Systematic referral to, and follow up, by MDWCTs, co-ordinated by the CM, will occur.There will be immediate referral to the MDWCT of clients with :1/ diabetic lower extremity ulcers,2/peripheral neuropathy, charcot changes,3/wound present longer than 4 mths. ,4/ Ankle Brachial Index less than 0.6, non-diabetics, and not being seen by a vascular surgeon. Subsequent referral to MDWCT will occur if less than 30% healing by week 4. |
Systematic referral to, and follow up, by Multi-Disciplinary Wound Care Teams (MDWCTs), co-ordinated by the Case Manager (CM), will occur.There will be immediate referral to the MDWCT of clients with :1/ diabetic lower extremity ulcers,2/peripheral neuropathy, charcot changes,3/wound present longer than 4 mths.
,4/ Ankle Brachial Index less than 0.6, non-diabetics, and not being seen by a vascular surgeon.
Subsequent referral to MDWCT will occur if less than 30% healing by week 4.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Time to Healing
Periodo de tiempo: 6 months
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The primary clinical outcome measure will be time to healing, ascertained by digital wound photography using computer planimetry for wound measurement.
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6 months
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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proportion of wound healed
Periodo de tiempo: 6 months
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proportion of wounds healed at 6 mths and the rate of wound healing(cm2/week).
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6 months
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Wound recurrence
Periodo de tiempo: 6 months
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Wound recurrence within the study period.
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6 months
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time to discontinuation of wound service
Periodo de tiempo: 1 years
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Time to discontinuation of wound services within the CCAC and interdisciplinary teams.
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1 years
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Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)
Periodo de tiempo: 6 months
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Health related quality of life.
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6 months
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client satisfaction
Periodo de tiempo: 6 months
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Satisfaction with care.
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6 months
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cost and resource use
Periodo de tiempo: 6 months
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cost and resource use of wound care provided
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6 months
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Colaboradores
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Murray Krahn, PhD, MD, Director
Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
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Publicaciones Generales
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- Xakellis GC, Frantz R. The cost of healing pressure ulcers across multiple health care settings. Adv Wound Care. 1996 Nov-Dec;9(6):18-22.
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- Jeffcoate WJ, Price PE, Phillips CJ, Game FL, Mudge E, Davies S, Amery CM, Edmonds ME, Gibby OM, Johnson AB, Jones GR, Masson E, Patmore JE, Price D, Rayman G, Harding KG. Randomised controlled trial of the use of three dressing preparations in the management of chronic ulceration of the foot in diabetes. Health Technol Assess. 2009 Nov;13(54):1-86, iii-iv. doi: 10.3310/hta13540.
- Hawes C, Fries BE, James ML, Guihan M. Prospects and pitfalls: use of the RAI-HC assessment by the Department of Veterans Affairs for home care clients. Gerontologist. 2007 Jun;47(3):378-87. doi: 10.1093/geront/47.3.378.
- Fries BE, James M, Hammer SS, Shugarman LR, Morris JN. Is telephone screening feasible? Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of identifying people medically eligible for home- and community-based services. Gerontologist. 2004 Oct;44(5):680-8. doi: 10.1093/geront/44.5.680.
- Wodchis WP, Hirdes JP, Feeny DH. Health-related quality of life measure based on the minimum data set. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2003 Summer;19(3):490-506. doi: 10.1017/s0266462303000424.
- Wodchis WP, Maxwell CJ, Venturini A, Walker JD, Zhang J, Hogan DB, Feeny DF. Study of observed and self-reported HRQL in older frail adults found group-level congruence and individual-level differences. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 May;60(5):502-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.08.009. Epub 2007 Jan 18.
- Burrows AB, Morris JN, Simon SE, Hirdes JP, Phillips C. Development of a minimum data set-based depression rating scale for use in nursing homes. Age Ageing. 2000 Mar;29(2):165-72. doi: 10.1093/ageing/29.2.165.
Fechas de registro del estudio
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Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio
1 de mayo de 2011
Finalización primaria (Actual)
1 de junio de 2013
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
1 de octubre de 2013
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
4 de mayo de 2011
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
4 de mayo de 2011
Publicado por primera vez (Estimar)
5 de mayo de 2011
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Estimar)
25 de octubre de 2013
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
24 de octubre de 2013
Última verificación
1 de octubre de 2013
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